NYSE:RBA - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RBA."

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, March 6th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. View Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' Dividend History.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc (NYSE:RBA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 7th. The business services provider reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.01. The business services provider had revenue of $289.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $289.55 million. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers had a return on equity of 15.88% and a net margin of 9.90%. The company's revenue was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.18 earnings per share. View Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' Earnings History.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

9 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' stock. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $43.50. On average, they expect Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' share price to reach $37.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

Press coverage about RBA stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers earned a media sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 486,500 shares, an increase of 13.2% from the January 15th total of 429,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 399,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days. Currently, 0.5% of the company's stock are sold short. View Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' Current Options Chain.

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Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (9.82%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (9.50%), ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC (3.59%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (3.40%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (3.33%) and Riverbridge Partners LLC (3.23%). Company insiders that own Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers stock include Darren Jeffrey Watt, Edward Baltazar Pitoniak, Karl William Werner, Kieran Colquhoun Holm and Todd Donald Wohler. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

RBA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Mondrian Investment Partners LTD, Fiera Capital Corp, Royce & Associates LP, Riverbridge Partners LLC, Baillie Gifford & Co. and Marshall Wace LLP. Company insiders that have sold Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers company stock in the last year include Darren Jeffrey Watt and Todd Donald Wohler. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

RBA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., William Blair Investment Management LLC, Spark Investment Management LLC, Maverick Capital Ltd. and AJO LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

Shares of RBA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of RBA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.07.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers has a market capitalization of $4.71 billion and generates $1.17 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $121.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.08 on an earnings per share basis. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers employs 2,200 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

The official website for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers is http://www.rbauction.com/.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers' mailing address is 9500 GLENLYON PARKWAY, BURNABY A1, V5J 0C6. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 778-331-5500 or via email at [email protected]